L’Oréal renovated and expanded its Florence manufacturing facility in the company’s largest construction project in North America. Throughout nearly 18 months of construction for the $47.5 million project, POWER served as L’Oréal’s third-party safety, industrial hygiene and environmental coordinator.

Accomplishments

Exceeded OSHA regulatory requirements for site safety and health criteria, resulting in an outstanding safety record and a unique health and safety culture.

Helped L’Oréal and its primary contractor achieve zero lost-time accidents and only two OSHA recordable incidents during the 271,000 contractor man-hours worked on the project.

Helped the project team earn special recognition from the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Program under its Construction Partnership Program for exemplary leadership in the prevention and control of occupational safety and health hazards on a major construction project.

Project Features

Scope included demolition, new construction, moving processing equipment from Ohio and installing new mechanical equipment

Continuously observed employees from 44 different subcontractors (up to 249 workers on site at once)